An estimated 150,000 people will swarm the Seattle Center over Labor Day weekend for this year’s Bumbershoot, the nearly 40-year-old arts and music festival.

Bumbershoot is one of the largest music and arts festivals in the world, with hundreds of artists and acts appearing in more than 20 venues around the Seattle Center.

This year’s festival features such notable names as The Black Eyed Peas and Modest Mouse in music, Patton Oswalt and Eugene Mirman in comedy, and Melvin Van Peebles and Tom Douglas in literature.

Photos and interviews from Bumbershoot will be posted daily at www.westseattleherald.com. Be sure to check out our Web site over Labor Day weekend to get a glimpse of the wide array of arts and music the city will be offering.